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The Inside Front
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Friday March 30,2001
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Party candidates to meet in first debate Tuesday
The first of two scheduled debates between student body presidential and vice presidential candidates will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the ballroom in the Kansas Union. It is expected to last an hour.
Presidential candidates Jessica Bankston from the VOICE coalition and Justin Mills from Delta Force will argue ideas, along with their respective running mates, Hunter Harris and Kyle Browning.
Katy Ferrell, who is coordinating the event and is a member of the elections commission, said students were encouraged to e-mail her at alfred@ukans.edu with questions they'd like posed to the candidates.
The panelists asking the questions will be Barbara Ballard, associate vice chancellor for student affairs; Ben Walker, the current student body president; and Jesse Borjon, public relations director for Secretary of State Ron Thornbourgh.
The next debate will be less formal, Ferrell said. It will take place Monday, April 9 in front of Wescoe Hall. Other details have not been announced.
Brooke Hesler
Forum on globalization to discuss human impact
The Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice will present its third forum on globalization at 7 p.m. Monday. The forum, "Globalization and the Environment," will be at the Jewish Community Center, Ninth and Highland streets.
Two of the panelists are KU faculty members. Nobleza Asuncion-Lande, professor of communication studies, is a specialist on intercultural communication and David Braaten, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is an atmospheric scientist. Charles Benjamin, an environmental attorney and lobbyist for the Sierra Club, will also sit on the panel.
Allan Hanson, coordinator for the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, said that he thought the series had been well attended. Hanson is a professor in anthropology and humanities and western civilization.
He said the speakers would discuss the human and scientific effects of globalization.
The first two forums in the series were "Globalization and its Human Impact" and "Globalization and Rural America."
The coalition will also present the Tom and Anne Mooire Peace and Justice Award to the Pelathe
Erin Adamson
Community Resource Center for its work with community outreach and support of people with special needs.
Banquet to recognize Black students work
The eighth annual Black Faculty and Staff Council Student Awards Banquet will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union. Graduate and undergraduate African and African-American students will be honored for their academic achievements.
The awards are chosen based on GPA, said Susan King, associate professor of health, sport and exercise sciences.
King said about 40 students eligible for awards would attend the banquet
tor awards would attend the banquet. King said 14 awards would be distributed, including awards to a school of study that admirably maintained African-American faculty, and awards for leadership and service.
Cordell Meeks Jr., a KU alumnus and Wyandotte County District Court judge, will address the banquet.
King said banquet attendants would pause during the ceremony in remembrance of Shyra McGee, a Wichita senior who was killed in a car accident in February.
KU students, faculty, staff, administrators, family members and local residents are invited to attend. Contact King at 864-0780 or king@ukans.edu to purchase banquet tickets by Wednesday.
Amanda Beglin
Residence hall women report harassing calls
An unknown man reportedly harassed six residents of Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall by phone Wednesday night and early yesterday the KU Public Safety Office said.
The caller claimed to be a member of a sex club and wanted to survey the girls, according to the police report. One of the women, a 19-year-old KU student, said the caller wanted the girls to initiate him into the sex club.
"He was telling us about different things he could do," she said. "He was talking about masturbating in front of me and my friends."
She said all but one of the girls hung up on the man when his comments became lewd — the other asked him a few questions in an attempt to identify him.
"At first we thought it was one of the girls' boyfriends just messing around," she said. "But what he was saying was gross, and he sounded older, so we knew he wasn't."
She said one of the women received a call from the same man Wednesday
night, but she hung up on him. The women, who all have sequential phone numbers, contacted the Public Safety Office afterward to have the incident documented.
Amanda Beglin
The Public Safety Office offered to have the women's phones tapped if any further incidents occurred, she said.
Student receives probation for producing fake IDs
John Jay Pickard Jr., Overland Park junior, was sentenced to six months probation yesterday in Douglas County District Court.
Pickard had pleaded guilty earlier this year to five misdemeanor counts of unlawful use of a drivers license. He had been arrested for producing fake drivers licenses at Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house two years ago. An officer confiscated a fake ID from an underage drinker at the Jayhawk Cafe and traced the ID to Pickard
Judge Michael J. Malone said that under the terms of his probation, Pickard must complete 50 hours of commuqy service, abstain from alcohol and must not enter any establishment that makes most of its money from the sale of alcohol.
Erin Adamson
STATE
Senate tentatively approves health care coverage bill
TOPEKA — The House gave tentative approval to legislation requiring insurance companies to offer plans providing equal coverage for treatment of mental and physical illnesses.
The measure would let employers decide whether to offer the equal coverage and let individuals choose whether they want it.
The proposal came yesterday as an amendment to a bill dealing with women's health. The House voted 83-38 to amend the bill, then gave the entire bill first-round approval on a voice vote. Final action is expected today.
The women's health bill would allow one visit a year to an obstetrician or gynecologist without a referral from a primary care provider. For insurance to cover such visits under current law, a women often needs a referral from another doctor.
Some Democrats opposed the amendment, saying they wanted to keep mental health and women's health issues separate. They also criticized the proposal as not going far enough to address the inequality between the coverage of care for physical and mental illnesses.
Symposium honors women's success
By Emily Callaghan Special to the Kansan
The School of Law recognized the success of women as professionals, students and academics in the legal field at a symposium yesterday.
During the past 25 years, women have entered the field in substantial numbers, said Sid Shapiro, distinguished professor of law. The New York Times reported Monday that women were now close to constituting the majority of law students in the United States.
Four women spoke about the obstacles they had overcome and the need for further gender equality. The pictures that hung on the walls surrounding the speakers supported the stories that they told. They pictured the graduating classes of the 1940s
and '50s, which included only a handful of women.
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, a professor at the City University of New York, said that former President Bill Clinton had appointed more women in his term than all of the past presidents combined. Gender equality has received more attention, and in response, women's equality has improved, she said.
Harvard, one of the top law schools today, did not begin admitting women until 1950. Epstein discussed her experience in law school when all of the professors were male and excuses were created to avoid admitting female students.
"The books were too heavy, and there were not enough women's restrooms to accommodate them," she said, explaining the former rationale at law schools.
She said she was happy to see women who were now graduating and entering into an equal recruitment playing field.
"Some women are struggling against the glass ceiling," Clanton said. "Women of color are still navigating the sticky floor."
Attorney Karen Clanton presented an essay on minority women, who make up 10 percent of people working in the law profession. Only dentists and natural scientists report lower numbers of minority women, she said.
Nancy Levit, professor at the University of Missouri, said she thought gender separation would continue to be a problem. She said she recognized that women had more choices, but also argued that "choices occur within constraints."
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Sydney Wallace
A KU student reported a backpack and biology textbook stolen from her locked car between 4 and 5 p.m. Tuesday while it was parked at the Robinson Center parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $100.
An employee of KU Facilities Operations was uninjured in a one-car accident on Crestline Drive at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The employee was driving too fast, lost control of his truck and slid backwards into a curb, the police report stated. The accident caused major damage to the truck and newly planted across nearby.
■ A parked car was hit in the Lied Center parking lot between 8 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A car struck the parked car's front passenger side while attempting to park and then left the scene, according to the police report. Damages were not listed.
A KU staff member's Chevy Suburban was damaged in the Dyche Hall parking lot between 5 p.m. March 14 and 9 a.m. Wednesday, the KU
Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at $200.
Two cars collided in the Stouffer Place parking lot at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was driving through the lot when it was struck by a car backing out of a parking stall, damaging its right rear fender. No one was injured. The driver of the car backing out was cited for having an expired driver's license.
A KU student reported a black wallet stolen from a classroom in Maiot Hall between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office. Her KUID, Kansas driver's license, Visa and Discover cards, $200 and a $50 Blockbuster Video gift card were in the wallet when it was stolen. The items were valued at $300.
A KU student's front driver's side quarter panel, cell phone and leather purse were damaged between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of Bainbridge Circle, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $450.
ON CAMPUS
Women's Transitional Care Services will present "My Grandma's Vision, My Vigor, My Daughter's Victory: The Changing Lives of Women in America," at 7:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Lea Carland at 865-3956.
KI Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 1 to 3
sunday at 207 Robinson Center
KU Water Polo will practice at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson Center pool.
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein will present "Judaism: Views on Death and the Afterlife" at the Hillel Spring Speaker Series at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Hillel House, 940 Mississippi. Call Shafer-Landau at 749-5397.
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